RSS to Email Services – Followup
Well, my little project for the daily tips from PCMech is being a little delayed by my frustrating search for a good RSS to email service. When I last posted about this whole email thing I’ve been up to, I mentioned that I was going with FeedBlitz. However, I am having second thoughts about that which is why I have not yet uploaded my mailing list over there and started broadcasting. FeedBlitz is a bit of an enigma for me. I like the service and am willing to pay for it, but their interface has got to be one of the worse I have ever seen. And its not a matter of me just wanting eye candy. The interface is actually frustrating. Being logged into the “control panel” looks no different than the actual site. That is except for the fact that NONE of the top menu links work. So, once I perform some action on my account, I have to navigate back to the HOMEPAGE for me to get back to the main area of my account (known as the Dashboard). Then, today, I went to modify the text of the confirmation email and there was no button to save it. I mean, come on guys! After firing off an email to the owner of the company, I cancelled my subscription to them and decided to wait them out.
The deal is that I really want to like FeedBlitz. Their service seems solid and this review I read ranks their email delivery rates at the top. But, their interface is horrible. Unlike most of the other services, these guys actually charge money for their advanced features. But, I am totally willing to pay. Just give me a system I can use. This thing is full of roadblocks that I have to find ways around.
The site that rated the email delivery rates also posted reviews of several RSS to email services, including Squeet, FeedBlitz, Feedburner, and Zookoda. Very good reads.
For now, I am testing Zookodo. I have some concerns about delivery after reading the post above, but I’ll see how it goes. Seriously, smack the Zookodo interface onto FeedBlitz, I would be one very happy man. I’d even send flowers to the president of FeedBlitz if they would do that. My other option, though, is literally to program something in-house. My tips have been sent from my local server for some time anyway…there is no reason why I can’t continue to do that even with the tips themselves being posted to a blog.
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